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UNITED sTATns PATENT n `EMMA G. HINTZ, OF READING,PENNSYLVANIA.

CORSET.

specification or Letters Patent.-

Patented sept. 22, 190s.

Application filed January 26, 1907. Serial No. 354,176.

elastic bands permanently secured to both members, arranged diagonally in pairs and crossing each other approximately mid-way of their length. The object beingto overcome they necessity of lacing the members which I operatidn is tedious and unsatisfactory by reason (if a lack of uniformity.

In my construction the eyelets are dispensed with.

In the "method of joining the corset members heretofore generally in use, that is, by means of :t lacer or cord, the breaking thereof will interfere with the comt'ort of the wearer as the entire connection between the two members is ell'ected, while with my present construction, even Ashould one of the bands break the members would still be sullicient-ly well securedb, The principal object being to insure the comfort of the, wea-rer.

The construction herein shown will permit more freedom in movement as the strain will be distributed and not confined to any single point.

The invention is more fully described in the. following specification and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing which shows the connecting ends of two members of a corset with my invention applied thereto.

The numeral 1 designates the corset members and 2 theconnecting bands by means of which they arjoined together.

In the drawing I have shown a series of three. )airs of these bands though it is evi-k dent that any number may be employed, it being preferable however to use an odd number so that one pair will be located at the members in any desired manner.

middle or approximately so. These. bands may be. made ol any suitable material, pref` erably elastic, and their ends arel permaselv nent-ly secured to the edges of the corset Each band is arranged diagonally from one member to the other and they are arrai'iged in pairs one of which crosses the other about .midway of its length. Each band is free from connection with the other or crossing band, thus allowing free movement of cach band.

It is evident that the movement of the corset members, duc to the dii'l'erent positions assumed by the wearer, will be free and easy; g

that the strain will not be confined to any one point; that thecorsct members will always return to their normal position when the body is moved and, that, inasmuch as there are noruhbing points or other'friction, as

with the lacer in the eyelet, the tendency to break is decidedly lessened if not entirely overcome, thus lengthening thc life of the corset, while the accidental breaking of one of the bands will not materially alicet the others nor the comfort of the wearer.

Hai-'ing thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

A corset comprising side members elastically held together at the back by a plurality of pairs of elastic diagonal bands of uniform lengtlrand width, said bands heilig Jermanently secured at both ends to the bac t of the I corset members, one band of each pair crossing the other loosely midway of its length, said bands being spaced apart at their points of attachment with the side members and bcing directly disconnected from each other along their entire lengths.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specific-ation in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. f

Enna o. nLY'rZ lVitnesses: i

ED. A. KELL, CAMERON E. S'rnauss. 

